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P.O. Box 5187 1202 East Locust

Bloomington, IL. 61702-5187

Phone: 309 - 829 - 8671

Fax: 309-828-3546

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Ø  All CISCO students received their letters of completion for both semesters.
 


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For the 6th consecutive year, 100% of the Health Occupations students passed the Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) exam on their first try.


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Morgan Schaub from Calvary Christian Academy took 1st place in Nursing at the Skills USA State Competition and qualified to go to Nationals in June.


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Civil Engineering/Architecture students developed four LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified building concepts in Uptown Normal.  Local engineers and architects assisted the students with these design concepts.
 


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Fifty-four students from BACC competed at the 46th Annual Illinois SkillsUSA State Leadership and SkillsConference in Springfield, IL.  Two BACC students qualified for the SkillsUSA National Competition in Kansas City,MO.

 
Ø  Twenty one students from the Health Occupations program will be continuing their education in a health career field at various colleges in the area.


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Twelve students from the Criminal Justice class are furthering their education in Criminal Justice at various area colleges.  The CSI team from Criminal Justice placed 5th in this years Skills USA State Competition.  

 
Ø  Ten Early Childhood Care Education students received their Level 1 ECE credentials.  

 
Ø  The Building Trades class completed a house in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity on East Washington Street in Bloomington.  The students completed all of the carpentry work, including floors, walls, and roof framing.  The students installed the windows, exterior doors, siding and roof covering.  The interior doors and trim as well as kitchen cabinets were also installed by the students. The home also boasts a 5-star energy rating with additional insulation, high efficiency furnace and water heaters.

 
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Over 2,000 8th graders attended the 3rd Career and Technical Education Festival, and over 400 community members attended the evening Community Open House, held at the Interstate Center.  Students were exposed to career opportunities and business professionals in all programs through job shadowing experiences, guest speakers, and field trips.  

Ø  Forty-five students were inducted into the BACC Technical Honor Society.


Ø  In May, ninety four students were recognized for various accomplishments at the BACC Evening of Recognition ceremony. Amanda Wilhelm, from BHS received a scholarship to continue her education at Heartland Community College.
 


Ø  The National Rotary selected eight students to recognize for citizenship, leadership
and scholarship
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Students in the BACC Computerized Architectural Design and Civil Engineering classes once again entered into a Downtown Project competition.  Students came up with designs for three floors of the Uptown Normal Phase One development.   Local building professionals from State Farm and 1-Main coached the students and became the evaluators at the time of the presentations.  Copies of the students work will be shared with potential customers.   
 


 
Ø  Fourteen students had perfect attendance at BACC for the 2009-10 school year.


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Ten graduating seniors from Culinary Arts will be attending either a technical school or community college and majoring in culinary arts or hospitality.  Three students were offered jobs as a result of their participation in job shadowing this year.  Eighteen students earned college credit for two courses offered as dual credit through culinary arts at BACC and one students received 1st place at the SkillsUSA State Competition and qualified to compete at the National SkillsUSA competition in June.

 


Ø  Ten graduating seniors from the CAD/Civil Class are continuing their education in either architecture or engineering.